Anomalous convective flows carve pinnacles and scallops in melting ice

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العنوان: Anomalous convective flows carve pinnacles and scallops in melting ice
المؤلفون: Leif Ristroph, Scott Weady, Alexandra Zidovska, Joshua Tong
بيانات النشر: arXiv, 2021.
سنة النشر: 2021
مصطلحات موضوعية: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn), General Physics and Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, Physics - Fluid Dynamics
الوصف: We report on the shape dynamics of ice suspended in cold fresh water and subject to the natural convective flows generated during melting. Experiments reveal shape motifs for increasing far-field temperature: Sharp pinnacles directed downward at low temperatures, scalloped waves for intermediate temperatures between 5 and $7^\circ$C, and upward pointing pinnacles at higher temperatures. Phase-field simulations reproduce these morphologies, which are closely linked to the anomalous density-temperature profile of liquid water. Boundary layer flows yield pinnacles that sharpen with accelerating growth of tip curvature while scallops emerge from a Kelvin-Helmholtz-like instability caused by counterflowing currents that roll up to form vortex arrays. By linking the molecular-scale effects underlying water's density anomaly to the macro-scale flows that imprint the surface, these results show that the morphology of melted ice is a sensitive indicator of ambient temperature.
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2111.09937
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::4dc0701579d12f3165825f0852ce4631
حقوق: OPEN
رقم الأكسشن: edsair.doi.dedup.....4dc0701579d12f3165825f0852ce4631
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE
الوصف
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2111.09937